SPENCER — The rail enthusiast looks at the Class J 611 steam locomotive, and he sees power, majesty, engineering, the bullet nose, the Tuscan red stripe, the giant wheels, the gleaming rods and the ...

The Virginia Museum of Transportation and the North Carolina Transportation Museum announced in partnership that the Norfolk & Western Class J 611 steam passenger locomotive will return to the ...

The Norfolk & Western Class J 611 steam engine is scheduled to return to its home at the Virginia Museum of Transportation on Wednesday. Built in Roanoke in 1950 at the East End Shops of N&W, the 611 ...

Fans of historic steam trains will have opportunities to see, ride and even fire up a rare steam locomotive across four weekends in Strasburg this fall. The Norfolk & Western Class J 611 steam ...

SPENCER — The first steam engine rail excursions since 1994 will be going this year from the N.C. Transportation Museum in Spencer to Lynchburg, Va., and to Asheville, and they will feature the ...

SPENCER, N.C. (AP) - Not every rail fan wants to wait for the Norfolk & Western J Class 611 to roll back into Roanoke before seeing it again. A group of train buffs from all over Virginia and even out ...

Lancaster County railfans will have opportunities to see, ride and even fire up a rare steam locomotive across four weekends in Strasburg this fall. The Norfolk & Western Class J 611 steam passenger ...

GLEN MILLS, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Axalta Coating Systems went full throttle to sponsor the restoration and celebration of a Norfolk and Western Class J #611 Steam Locomotive at the North Carolina ...

For nearly 20 years she’s sat silent, but on Saturday, May 30, the Norfolk & Western Class J 611™ Steam Passenger Locomotive, the most powerful steam passenger locomotive ever built, will triumphantly ...